Leprechaun 2 starts in 'Ireland Once Upon A Time...' where it's the 17th March, St. Patrick's Day & evil little Leprechaun's (Warwick Davis) birthday, tonight the Leprechaun intends to take a mortal woman as a bride, however he is thwarted by her Father, William (James Lancaster). Cut to 'One Thousand Years Later' & Los Angeles where a young man named Cody (Charlie Heath) & his partner Morty (Sandy Baron) run a low rent tour of Hollywood. It's St. Patrick's Day & the evil little Leprechaun shows up to claim a new bride, namely Cody's hot girlfriend Bridget (Shevonne Durkin) & kills one of her friends, a guy named Ian (Adam Biesk), in the process. The Leprechaun has a fight with Cody & Bridget but eventually manages to kidnap Bridget & take her back to his underground lair in preparation of their wedding night, however the Leprechaun becomes angry when he discovers a piece of his gold is missing & realises that Cody must have it. The Leprechaun puts the wedding plans on hold as he ventures into Hollywood to find Cody & reclaim his gold using his sinister magic powers along the way on anyone who tries to stop him...
The first of 5 (so far) sequels to the '93 comedy horror film Leprechaun this was directed by Rodman Flender & was nowhere near as good as the original. The script by Turi Meyer & Al Septien rehashes the first film pretty closely with the wise cracking invincible Leprechaun searching yet again for his pot of gold, the only difference being this time is he wants a bride as well. Everything that worked for me in the first film fails here, the dialogue is forced, the jokes are poor with some really unfunny running gags, the story is very silly again but it doesn't seem to know that unlike the first & as a whole it just didn't work anywhere near as well as the original. Leprechaun 2 is easily as dumb as it's predecessor from a stupid drinking contest to the idiotic revelation that the Leprechaun is vulnerable to wrought iron for some bizarre reason but has nothing to compensate unlike the original & while it moves along at a fair pace I never got into it or particularly cared what was happening, there is even a predictable & clichéd 'wish with a deadly twist' scene, having said that on a basic level it entertains for 85 odd minutes & the Leprechaun himself is still fun to watch.
Director Flender takes over from Mark Jones for this sequel & doesn't do anything with the bigger (more than double) budget to speak about. The comedy & horror elements don't mix as well this time & the film is rather flat, lifeless & lacks any atmosphere being set in Hollywood. Again the gore is very restrained with a low body count as we get a pulled off finger, a tooth pulled out, a bit of splattered blood & a pot of gold appearing in someone's stomach!
With a supposed budget of about $2,000,000 compared to the original's $900,000 Leprechaun 2 doesn't make the most of it as you would be hard pushed to tell the bigger budget film. It's competently made but nothing spectacular. The acting is rather flat & nothing to get excited about, average. Durkin looks hot though.
I much prefer the original to this sequel, however if your a big fan of the Leprechaun series (I doubt too many of those exist) then this is an absolute must, as for anyone else this isn't really worth bothering with unless your desperate. I love the British alternate title of 'One Wedding and Lots of Funerals' (the 'Lots of Funerals' bit is a bit of an exaggeration though).
The first of 5 (so far) sequels to the '93 comedy horror film Leprechaun this was directed by Rodman Flender & was nowhere near as good as the original. The script by Turi Meyer & Al Septien rehashes the first film pretty closely with the wise cracking invincible Leprechaun searching yet again for his pot of gold, the only difference being this time is he wants a bride as well. Everything that worked for me in the first film fails here, the dialogue is forced, the jokes are poor with some really unfunny running gags, the story is very silly again but it doesn't seem to know that unlike the first & as a whole it just didn't work anywhere near as well as the original. Leprechaun 2 is easily as dumb as it's predecessor from a stupid drinking contest to the idiotic revelation that the Leprechaun is vulnerable to wrought iron for some bizarre reason but has nothing to compensate unlike the original & while it moves along at a fair pace I never got into it or particularly cared what was happening, there is even a predictable & clichéd 'wish with a deadly twist' scene, having said that on a basic level it entertains for 85 odd minutes & the Leprechaun himself is still fun to watch.
Director Flender takes over from Mark Jones for this sequel & doesn't do anything with the bigger (more than double) budget to speak about. The comedy & horror elements don't mix as well this time & the film is rather flat, lifeless & lacks any atmosphere being set in Hollywood. Again the gore is very restrained with a low body count as we get a pulled off finger, a tooth pulled out, a bit of splattered blood & a pot of gold appearing in someone's stomach!
With a supposed budget of about $2,000,000 compared to the original's $900,000 Leprechaun 2 doesn't make the most of it as you would be hard pushed to tell the bigger budget film. It's competently made but nothing spectacular. The acting is rather flat & nothing to get excited about, average. Durkin looks hot though.
I much prefer the original to this sequel, however if your a big fan of the Leprechaun series (I doubt too many of those exist) then this is an absolute must, as for anyone else this isn't really worth bothering with unless your desperate. I love the British alternate title of 'One Wedding and Lots of Funerals' (the 'Lots of Funerals' bit is a bit of an exaggeration though).